Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Ah, the holidays. Depending on your home life, they can be either wonderful or draining. Sometimes, they can be both. This (excluding finals, of course) is my favorite time of year. I love getting to go home, relax and spend time with my loved ones. I love […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief On November 9 I woke up with a pit in my stomach. I pulled out my phone praying that things had taken a turn since I fell asleep on the couch the night before. They hadn’t. I felt frightened, hurt and honestly a little betrayed by my […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief It’s that point in the semester. Thanksgiving break can’t come any slower, work is piling up, people are getting sick and students and faculty alike appear to be dragging. It seems to me as if the whole country is feeling both exhausted and disenchanted. The timing of […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Do you ever wish you had the option to unfriend certain people on Facebook until after the presidential election? I, like most everyone else I’ve talked to, cannot wait to be done with election season. It has been painful, exhausting, embarrassing for our country and I have […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief This issue of The Bengal just so happens to come out on my birthday. Every time my birthday rolls around, I find myself getting a little sentimental. So, in honor of feelin’ 22, I’ve decided to share 22 bits of knowledge I’ve picked up along the way. […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief We’ve all used Google or social media platforms to look someone up we want to know more about, but is it okay for an employer to do so before making a hiring decision? In honor of National Cyber Security Awareness month and also in honor of creeping […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief In an effort to make the transition from community college to four-year institution easier for Idaho students, the Bengal Bound program launched September 29, 2016. While the partnership between Idaho State University and the College of Western Idaho informally existed in the past, the formal introduction of […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Growing up in Mountain Home, I heard a lot of my peers complain about growing up there. Sure, there wasn’t a ton to do, but I never really felt the disdain so many of my fellow classmates seemed to – until now. Recently, students of Mountain Home […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief We’ve all heard about STEM; Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. STEM is where the jobs, the big paychecks and the fate of the universe as we know it are. We hear it all the time – we need more people in STEM. I agree, but we need […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Growing pains are a part of life. They mean you’re moving forward, but that doesn’t mean they are going to be fun. And that doesn’t mean that they aren’t worth it. Growing should be constant, but I believe that there are milestones in life where a great […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Sunday night I sat in front of my computer screen with a Spanish textbook beside me, desperately trying to analyze “Cantar de Mio Cid,” the oldest preserved Castilian epic poem. Even in my seventh year of Spanish, I grapple with finding meanings in writing that aren’t blatantly […]
Emily Crighton Editor-in-Chief Along with the beginning of each semester comes a whirlwind of emotion: excitement, nerves, dread, and relief somehow all at once. This is my next to last whirlwind, and I’ll tell you what – I have a feeling it’s going to be the craziest and best one […]
Emily Crighton Layout Designer Something is happening on our campus and in our community that makes me sick to my stomach – hatred is spreading like wildfire. Middle Eastern students have become the targets of robberies and hate speech by way of videos burned onto DVDs and spread on campus. […]